Jewel Rose Pechon

Currently a Logistics & Transportation Manager with over fourteen (14) years of work experience in the field of Supply Chain, Freight and Logistics. Facilitating and coordinating the movement of the shipment moving by Air and Sea freight and courier shipments. Facilitating import and export formalities for every shipment and assisting in its clearance and delivery. Well knowledgeable in the full Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain procedures. Has a Dangerous Goods License and a well experienced logistics executive. Has a good working relationship with the major airlines, liners, agents and co-loaders of respectable freight forwarding companies both local and international. Has advanced knowledge in clearing liquors, food and perishable shipments. Has an excellent communication skill and is capable to work with diverse and demanding clients & stakeholders in a challenging and fast-paced environment, best with collaborations, foster best practices, and deliver concrete results. I’m structured to have a good analytical skill, strong negotiation skills and capable of engaging with suppliers at an executive level in diverse categories. Hired to handle a Government Project for Hitachi Zosen Inova, based in Business Bay Dubai. A contractor for Dubai Waste Management Center. The Dubai Waste Management Center (DWMC) is the world’s largest and most efficient energy project. Located in Warsan, the plant spans over 400,000 square meters, with the operational capacity to process over 1.9 million tons of waste per year. The processed waste is then converted into energy resources. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

M&M  Militzer & Münch LLC

 (Work Duration: October 2021- up to present)

 Logistics & Transportation Manager – Logistics & Freight Department

Logistics & Transportation Manager Job Purpose:

Mainly in charge of supervising, coordinating and monitoring all supply chain operations. The main point for keeping track of all the incoming shipments, ensuring that everything is available in terms of documents and other requirement before the shipment arrived in UAE and until it gets delivered to the site. Responsible in coordinating with the suppliers to ensure that the materials are sent on time and on schedule. Decision maker on how the shipments are brought in Dubai and on which mode of transportation to use, be by air or by sea. Task to bring all the materials, equipments, machineries, boilers, conductors, generator and all the other structures to the site in a span of one year. 

Areas of Responsibility: 

• Ensure that all Operations fully complies with Government’s internal standards incl. compliance and HSSE, paying special attention to HSSE hazards and risks that may have impact on the operation.
• Promote good relationships with client and continuously monitor and improve operational efficiency over and above obligations.
• Manage relationships with external stakeholders, counterparties and service providers, regulatory bodies, airline, shipping line and agents.
• Supporting the team and providing guidance in understanding commercial impacts and making sure communications with the business are happening with correct information flow.
• Supporting the team when liaising with counterparts to ensure smooth operations, avoid delays and minimize demurrage costs.
• Provide guidance for necessary freight invoicing work, diversion payments and clearances of accruals for both external and internal deals.
• Support short term initiatives to continuously improve the efficiency of all aspects of the commercial freight operations for the movement of cargoes and port and airport interactions.
• Pro-actively close out operational related disputes, including Condition issues, with external and internal counterparts or support and guide less experienced team members where necessary.
• Coach and support team members in Operations organizations.
• Deliver against relevant schedule and agreed Operations KPI's.
• Actively engage to build a culture of Learner Mindset to allow for failing safely and avoiding repeat incidents.

    Maritime Mercantile International (MMI) and Emirates Leisure Retail (ELR)

      Subsidiary of Emirates Group, Emirates Holiday Building, Business Bay

      (Work Duration: August 2019- September 2021)

 Freight Administrator and Logistics Coordinator – Supply Chain Department

Freight Administrator Job Purpose:

To assist with the day to day demands of MMI / ELR’s Freight and Customs clearance and documentations. Ensuring that documentation is produced/collated on time and is sent to the concerned parties, this covers:

- Import shipments to the UAE and other markets

- Airfreight booking

- Outbound Re-export freight management

Freight Administrator Job Description:

• Requesting and collecting quotes for freight and highlight discrepancies with agreed tariffs to relevant parties
• Book Freight & ensure all required document to the freight partner 
• Managing all Airfreights and Sea freight shipments to ensure all documentations are received on time
• Monitoring of deliveries, ETDs and ETAs and warehouse advises
• Managing Claim Advises, submitting requirements for claims to Emirates Insurance for all short shipped and damages
• Maintain KPIs (Sea/Air Import & Export, Claims, Demurrage, Document Deposit)
• Daily monitoring Axis and AX Sync for incoming and outgoing shipments
• Handling all Back to Back orders, documentations and amendments
• Updating damage report weekly and sending the report to the supply chain manager
• Checking all reports from freight forwarders for both MMI and ELR shipments
• Coordinating with all the suppliers for both MMI and ELR regarding the readiness and status of the orders
• Weekly meeting with all the forwarders regarding the status of the urgent shipments and high value shipments
• Monitoring Sea Freight and Air Freight reports from the planners and customer service team
• Monitoring container count for all the warehouse, Ajman, Jebel Ali and Jafza
• Weekly meeting with the warehouse managers for any issues on the deliveries and discuss any concerns

Logistics Coordinator Job Purpose:

To plan, raise & manage purchase orders according to the standard procedure – from order calculation, order placing, supplier communications and inbound tracking by working with Freight Forwarders.

Logistics Coordinator Job Purpose:

• Processing owner for Purchase Order creation
• Planning and managing Purchase Orders accordingly to minimize out of stocks / maximize service levels
• Keep AX updated at all stages in the process
• Ensuring all import documentation is up-to-date and transmitted on time to all relevant parties
• Creating Purchase Orders in AX in-line with the agreed purchasing rules (safety stock days, working capital)
• Verifying order confirmation vs Purchase order (product, quantity, prices, availability)
• Highlighting variance of the shipping docs vs Purchase Order (product, quantity, prices, availability)
• Ensuring AX is always up to date with correct ETD, ETA
• Following up on PO confirmation and highlighting un-confirmed PO’s within target
• Collecting, creating & communicating all the master data in AX for all needed products following internal rules and process
• Ensuring that at all time, master data is updated & correct in all relevant systems
• General administrative support to the Supply Chain team as directed

BARLOWORLD LOGISTICS LLC – Jebel Ali Free Zone,Dubai

   (Work Duration: February2017 – up to August 2019)

Freight and Pricing Coordinator (Air and Sea) – Freight Forwarding Department

Job Description:

• Procure prices for enquiries receivedfrom customer and logistics team
• Prepare quotationsand review customerprofile, rate structuresor Adhoc rates and routing alternatives
• Review documents to ensure compliance: Application of proper weights, dimensionsand rates.
• Responsible for airlines and agent management
• Monitor buying rates to ensure profitability of business
• Consolidation of business information and costs for strategic tender pricing
• Coordinates and executes all domestic/International export shipments bookings; works closely with all vendorsand ensures that shipments are handled as per the clients requirements
• Executes export AWB in Calogi System and EmiratesSkycargo for Air Shipment.
• Executed export BL in Safmarine,Maersk, Cosco and CMA CGM websites, the rest via 
• Coordinates and executesall domestic/International import shipment bookings
• Receives Pre-alertfor the shipments
• Tracks shipment ETA’s in advance in carrierstracking portal
• Works closely with all carriersand ensures clients are advised timely on arrival of shipments
• Sends arrival notice for the shipment min. 24 hrs prior to arrival of shipment
• Updates status to customer on shipmentcurrent status and if there are delays in Arrival
• Updates all the details in the system
• Checks B/L status (originalor seaway BL) and freight details prior to arrival of shipment.
• Ensures all requiredshipping documents are received before arrival of shipment.
• Validates the accuracy of commercial documentsin advance if our clearancein involved.
• Coordinates with origin on missing documentsand delays.
• Documentation, customer’s requirements, consignee and or destination requirements.
• Review of shipment processingwith regards to: Use of direct or consolidation services.
• Rechecking the file after export formalities is complete
• Invoicing each job after executingand sending the invoices to customer along with supporting documents
• Closing each job file/ each shipment with cost, sell and profit
• Preparing monthly reports and charts for the Country Manager’s record
• Submitting reports to accounts for billing monitoring
• Monitor price movements and seasonal price fluctuations
• Analysis of market environments and rate negotiations with airline
• Analyze the price structure and regularly reportingto the Management
• Maintain and establish close relationships with airlines, lines, co-loaders and agents
• Provide the most market competitive rates to ensure and maintainour existing businessand secure new accounts
• Monitor timely responsesto internal/external customers.
• Visit customers or arrange regularmeetings whenever requiredto improve communication and service
• Monitor vendor’scompliance with service standards and requirements as per contractterms.
• Monitor proper filing and updatingof all departmental records, SOPs and Tarif

ARAMEX EMIRATES LLC – Dubai Logistics City (DWC)

(Work Duration: 9 years - April 2008 – February2017)

Senior Customer AccountExecutive – Logistics[Promoted]

Job Description:

• Over all responsible for logistics requirements, request and inquiry of all the VIP clients.
• Coordinating with clients to get information and details about the incomingor outgoing shipments.
• In charged of getting supplies from supplier,receive it in warehouse and delivery to end-user
• Creating/preparingdocuments for exporting/ importing of shipmentsas well as for free zone documents.
• Managing clients requests on which shipmentsor stock to be received or to be moved out from the warehouse.
• Moving and receivingshipments by Air, Land and Sea freights,as well as nor courier shipments.
• Provide fast and efficientsolutions to the customers’ needs.
• Ensure that customers are well informedconcerning the charges, quotations, ETA, ETD, and procedures in receiving shipments or procedure in destination.
• Making sure that the standard inbound and outboundoperational procedures are being followed.
• Creating advance shipmentnotification (ASN) and sending pre-alerts for all incomingshipments.
• Processing orders received from the clientsby creating shippingorder with order information includingitem code, description, quantity, HS CODES, weight and item value.
• Ensure that the order is allocated, picked, packed completely and under gone quality check.
• Ensuring the proof of delivery (POD) is scanned and sends to the client on a timely manner.
• Ensuring that reportsare sent to clients regardingdamages, with discrepancies and hold items.
• Taking care of the full procedureof the cycle count and logistics analysis when requestedby the client.
• Making sure that reports are being sent on a timely manner as well as the proper filling of all related documents.

Bachelor of Science in Mass Communication (Major in Broadcasting)

WEST VISYAS STATE UNIVERSITY – Year 2005 (Graduate)

Iloilo City, Philippines